My Pilates instructor Pam noticed my toes are in a perpetual clench. (Ever notice that when someone tells you to relax a specific part of your body, it is impossible to do? Or is that just me?)

And my feet are always sore.

Pam recommended “yoga toes”, which I had never heard of.

Just got them yesterday, and already I can tell they are revolutionary. They stretch and relax your toes and feel divine. My feet are noticeably less sore. Here’s the version of yoga toes I bought from Amazon.

I work every day with health care providers and administrators in Canada’s health care system. They are smart, hard-working, compassionate, well-intentioned public servants.

That doesn’t mean the system is working. It’s not. And it’s going broke.

Many of those well-intentioned public servants are exhausted. Demand, as we all know, exceeds supply in our system.

According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information:

In 2015, total health expenditure in Canada is expected to reach $219.1 billion, or $6,105 per person. It is anticipated that, overall, health spending will represent 10.9% of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP).

I encourage everyone who is even moderately interested to read Neil Macdonald’s piece on Canada’s health care system. It’s bang on, and full of insight: